(For the first page of this review of Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, see this.)
THE THEMING OF DISNEY’S SARATOGA SPRINGS RESORT & SPA
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa is described on Walt Disney World’s website as follows:
“Inspired by historic Saratoga Springs—a late-1800s’ New York retreat famous for its spas and horse racing—this charming, Victorian-style Resort hotel is nestled between rolling golf course greens and the shimmering Village Lake. Delight in stately Studios and multi-bedroom Villas, dazzling pools and a spa. You can also explore the fun activities and exciting dining options of the Downtown Disney area, just a boat ride away.”
The resort was built on the grounds of the old Disney Institute–an ill-fated foray into consumer cognition, but which still exists as a training organization with both on and off-site programs–see this–and preserved several of the buildings from that enterprise.
There are indeed water, greens, fairways and a great spa, but the horse-racing theme is fairly thin.
There are some words words on the maps, like Paddock, a statute or two…
…tack in the table-service Turf Club…
…silks in its bar…
…and some fun lighting, but that’s about it.
Saratoga Springs really is essentially unthemed–big, pretty buildings, lots of lovely water and fairway views, and some great pools, all of which could be almost anywhere.
And by some measures they are. The resort is in the far southeast corner of Walt Disney World, and the accommodations buildings within it are remarkably spread out. Within them, room sizes are in general as small as Walt Disney World DVC rooms get, and, other than the Treehouses–even more distant and isolated–have little to recommend them.
Among the DVC resorts, Saratoga Spring’s strengths for first time visitors are its spa, its propinquity to Downtown Disney, and its lower rates….and availability
Saratoga Springs’s principal negatives are its distance from Walt Disney World theme parks, its lack of kid-appeal, its sprawl, and its cramped rooms.
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